THAT TESTIMONY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TOM. A LAMARQUE CITY COUNCIL WOMAN IS ACCUSED OF MAKING RACIST REMARKS WHILE SOMEONE WAS RECORDING HER. "LOCAL 2" INVESTIGATES CONFRONTED THAT COUNCIL WOMAN ACCUSED OF MAKING STRONG REMARKS ABOUT THE SCHOOL BOARD. CITY COUNCIL HANDED DOWN A PUNISHMENT. JOEL EISENBAUM HAS THE STORY YOU'LL SEE ONLY ON 2. Reporter: LAMARQUE ISD IS IN TROUBLE, POOF PERFORMANCE, FUNDING ISSUES, ENTIRELY POSSIBLE THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT COULD BUCKLE. HERE IS WHAT ONE CITY COUNCIL PERSON THINKS THE PROBLEM IS. Reporter: THOSE ARE YOUR WORDS IS THIS. YES, THEY ARE. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SEE THE CONDITION OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS IN RIGHT NOW. IS THAT A BLACK-WHITE ISSUE? I THINK SO. Reporter: TWO TERM LAMARQUE CITY COUNCIL WOMAN CONNIE TRUBE DOES NOT APOLOGIZE AND IS NOT ASHAMED ABOUT REMARKS SHE MADE. WHAT SHE DIDN'T COUNT ON IS THE HUSBAND OF A POLITICAL ADVERSARY IN THIS PARKING LOT RECORDING THAT CONVERSATION ON HIS PHONE. I ACTUALLY RAN FOR CITY COUNCIL FOR DISTRICT B AND THIS ALL TOOK PLACE AT THE CITY HALL PARKING LOT DURING THE EARLY VOTING. Reporter: TRUBE CALLS THE RECORDINGS RELEASED TO "LOCAL 2" INVESTIGATES POLITICALLY MOTIVATED AND MAINTAINS HER REMARKS WERE INTENDED TO BE PRIVATE, INCLUDING THOSE ABOUT AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER. IF BLACK AND BLUE MARK PERSON LIVING IN THIS CITY AND YOU HEAR A COUNCIL PERSON SAYING WE NEED TO GET THE BLACKS OFF THE SCHOOL BOARD, THAT WOULD SCARE ME. THAT WOULD WORRY ME. THAT WOULD ANGER ME. I CAN UNDERSTAND, OKAY. MAYBE I NEED TO SAY WE NEED A NEW SET. Reporter: IN LAMARQUE, GALVESTON COUNTY, JOEL EISENBAUM, KPRC "LOCAL 2". THE LAMARQUE CITY COUNCIL VOTED TONIGHT TO PUBLICLY CHRISTIAN SURE TRUBE FOR ALLEGED RACIAL COMMENTS.

LA MARQUE, Texas -

A member of La Marque's City Council is defending controversial comments she made about black people.

Connie Trube's remarks were recorded by the husband of a political adversary several weeks ago during an early voting period.

The recordings are available here, and numerous voices are heard on three recordings. About five people took part in the conversation, including the man who recorded them, James Bethea, according to Trube.

Bethea's wife ran for a La Marque City Council position and lost, although not to Connie Trube.

The couple have filed an official complaint with the U.S. Attorney's Office. The Betheas allege that the controversial remarks by Trube and other members of city government create an environment that violates the civil rights of citizens.

"She got on the school board with the rest of the blacks and they all just ganged up and that's why the school system has gone to hell," Trube is heard saying on the recording.

The two-term City Council person acknowledges she made the remark.

"Those are your words?" Local 2 Investigates, Joel Eisenbaum, asked.

"Yes they are and all you have to do is see the condition the school district is in right now," Trube said.

"Is that a black-white issue?" Eisenbaum said.

"I think so," Trube said.

LaMarque's City Council will discuss the legal ramifications of the recordings and remarks during a closed-door executive session Monday night.

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